Culture

The Art of the Improviser The Art of the Improviser

Nearly fifty years after Ornette Coleman revolutionized jazz, he is finally being honored with the music world's top awards.

Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe

Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?

Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal

A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad

Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.

Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Letters Letters

'DOUBLE-ENTRY MORAL BOOKKEEPING'

Apr 25, 2007 / Our Readers

Roads to Freedom Roads to Freedom

A rich crop of new books offers fresh insight into the ongoing struggle for civil rights in America.

Apr 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David L. Chappell

Desire and Its Discontents Desire and Its Discontents

Reviews of Syndromes and a Century, Private Fears in Public Places, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis and Stephanie Daley.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Ill Will Ill Will

The most durable piece of Nazi propaganda may yet turn out to be the belief that Leni Riefenstahl is an artistic genius.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor

It’s Doom Alone That Counts It’s Doom Alone That Counts

Georges Simenon's remarkable output includes investigative journalism, hardboiled novellas and dark psychological novels.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marco Roth

Your Voice Your Voice

Poem.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Coral Bracho

The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz

Rummy's fork-tongued understudy finally gets his.

Apr 19, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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